Drinking-fountain.



F. B. JAGOBSON. DRINKING FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1913. 71Patented May 12,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. JACOBSON, OF HUMBOLDT, IOWA.

DRINKING-ECU NTAIN.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK B. JACOBSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Humboldt, in the county ofHumboldt and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drinking- Fountains, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock fountainsand more particularly to a trough with means for quickly thawing the iceformed therein in cold periods of the year and the primary object of theinvention is to provide a device of this character which will always bein use both during warm and cold seasons.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a trough or tank,the bottom of which is provided with a V-shaped groove within which aheating medium may be placed and a still further object resides inproviding a device which is simple and durable in construction,inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient anduseful in operation.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecifications and claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a vertical longitudinalsection through the device. Fig. 2 is atransverse section therethrough. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.Fig. at is a fragmentaryperspective View of one end of the deviceshowing the damper plate removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thedamper plate removed.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which- 1 indicates a tank or trough, composedof a bottom 2, and side and end Walls 3 and 4, respectively. These wallsmay be formed integral with the bottom, or otherwise, as desired. Thebottom .2 of the device is corrugated, or offset centrally to provide aninverted V-shaped rib extending the full length thereof, said rib beingof any desired height whatsoever. The space inclosed be tween the wallsof this rib under the bottom Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 10, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914. Serial No. 800,205.

of the device, forms a means whereby a heating medium may be applied andwithin this space a fire is preferably built in cold seasons to preventthe water in the tank or trough from freezing or to thaw the ice whichis already formed in said tank.

In order to convey the products of combustion and the like from thespace inclosed within the walls of the V-shaped rib, below the bottom ofthe device, to a point beyond the tank, a flue 5 is provided, the samehaving an inverted V-shaped extension 6, which is fitted under theV-shaped rib at one end of the tank. \Vhen so positioned, the flue isheld in an upright position with respect to the tank at one end thereofand a damper 7 is hingedly secured to the opposite end wall of the tankto cover the open end formed by the rib at the last mentioned end of thedevice. This damper is normally disposed in its closed position to coverthe opening at this end of the device and the smoke, soot and otherproducts of combustion will pass to one end of the device and escapethrough the flue provided for this purpose.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that there has beenprovided a simple structure wherein water may be kept in a liquid stateduring the cold months experienced in some parts of the country andwherein the water may be thawed if frozen. It will further be noted thatthe device with slight modification is equally adapted for use duringmonths wherein its heating qualities are unnecessary.

lVhile I have particularly described the elements best adapted toperform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes inform, proportion and in the minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theprinciples of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is In a device ofthe class described, a trough, the bottom thereof being struck-up andbent to form an inverted V-shaped rib extending the full length thereof,the space included between the walls of this V-shaped rib affordingmeans for the reception of a heating medium therein, a flue having anopening in one side adjacent the bottom thereof, an inverted V-shapedprojection secured to the flue over the opening in the bottom thereofand projecting laterally therefrom, said inthe trough to cover theadjacent end of the verted V-shaped projection being adapted toaforesaid space in the bottom thereof. 1 be received Within the spaceinolosed by the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my invertedl-shaped rib in the trough at one signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

5 end of the 1atter,whereby to afford communi- FRANK B. J ACOBSON.

mating means between the aforesaid space Vitnesses:

and the inverted extension of the flue, and a F. A. AYERS, hinged platecarried at the opposite end of l CARL F. FLEMMIG,

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